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No. In many places, as here, Warfield retains the doctrine of forensic justification. However, in other places, Warfield speaks as though faith was required as a condition of salvation, as if a person were righteous in the sight of God and saved, not by faith, but on account of his faith, for the sake of his faith, and in view of his faith.

I doubt that Warfield actually believed that man is justified through works of faith that precede and follow the imputation of Christ's righteousness. However, his errors of expression have spread widely throughout the Reform Church. In this case, the Presbyterian system failed since he was apparently never admonished concerning these errors.